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Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

The Allegation of "Violence in Islam" Is a
Fabrication by the Antichrist and His

Fundamentalist Followers

According to the Koran, there is absolutely no place in Islam for
violence, terror and suicide bombings. According to the Koran, war is
only permissible for defensive purposes if life, property or honor are
endangered. Even under such circumstances, however, Muslims must
not overstep the line. They have a responsibility to treat any prisoners
they take justly, to feed their prisoners even if they have to go hungry
themselves, to establish peace as quickly as possible and to protect
civilians and the innocent. An examination of the life of our Prophet
(pbuh) reveals exactly how one should behave in this regard.

Muslims have always waged war for defensive
purposes

Throughout the thirteen years they lived in Mecca, the Prophet
and his companions were subjected to the most terrible torments, as-
saults and slanders by the Meccan pagans. They were forced from
their homes and threatened with death. Yet they never resorted to vi-
olence despite all of this aggression and persecution.
When the persecution in Mecca became intolerable they migrated
to Medina. Since they were subjected to the same attacks in Medina,
and their lives were in danger during the Medina period, they had no
option but to fight for purely defensive purposes. For example, the
Battle of Badr took place because the pagans of Mecca gathered their
armies and attacked with the aim of martyring the Muslims.
The Battle of the Trench was an entirely defensive one in which
the Muslims dug a trench around the city for their own protection. To

summarize, these past battles were always defensive ones stemming
directly from aggression on the part of the pagans: Not one was a war
of aggression. The commands regarding defense revealed to our

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